France and Tunis to make it up in winter news
FRANCE and Tunis will make it up. DIPHTHERIA and scarlet fever are striking down old folks in Brooklyn and New York. It is said that Bayard Taylor's Goe the collection of rare volumes will soon be sold in Berlin. Petersburg advices claim no knowledge of the ameer's intention to claim protection of Russia. The Pullman flying Angels will be returned from Lisbon on the American bark Shooting Star.
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Brooklyn
New York
Bayard Taylor
Berlin
Petersburg
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Russia
Pullman Flying Angels
Lisbon
Illinois
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Europe
Georgia
Beverly Douglas
San Francisco
Capt Howard’s Certificate Revoked For Two Years
A San Francisco report states Captain Howard’s ministerial certificate has been revoked for two years due to endangering passengers and crew. A Yakima City interview with Chief Moses describes his capture at the reservation and his denial of hostility to whites. Moses is detained while officials seek a future residence and consider efforts to persuade his followers to stay.
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Howard
San Francisco
Yakima City
Moses
Fire destroys landmark Chicago block at Dearborn and Adams
A 2:30 PM blaze in the Ien ore block near Dearborn and Adams devastated a five story limestone structure built before the 1871 fire and remodeled for business. The post office and Chicago & Alton railroad occupied lower floors while Gen. Sheridan and staff used the third floor. Fire reached upper rooms driving tenants to the roof. a rescue saved a woman from a fifth story window. The mail was secured and moved to the Singer building as firefighters battled the flames and the building sustained heavy loss.
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Adams Streets
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Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Gen. Sheridan
Army
Military Division of the Missouri
Lawrence
Campbell Lawrence
Isham
Singer
Washingston Streets
Vussess Trostal
Dan Hage
Weather notes from Albany to Columbus report multiple deaths and a large fire
The coroner tallies a string of cold deaths including Jacob Van Tleusen in Greenbush cemetery and four tramps at Glasgow junction. Madame Anderson covers a Brookyln walk record. A Pacific express collision near Kalamazoo injures several. a fire at the M C R R general offices damages the building. A Perkiomen line collision at Zionsville injures passengers. Judge Sherman funeral services are held in Cleveland with notable attendees. A Rankin house fire in Columbus causes heavy losses. Isham Lincoln library and Gen Sheridan papers survive largely intact. totals estimate $10,000 plus to $150,000 in damage.
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Bishop Bedell
Sherman
Don Cameron
Gen
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Gen. Sheridan
Chicago
Collision on New York Central line near Byron grade
Reports describe a 40 foot by five foot drift freezing hard, causing engines to jump tracks and crash. Assistant Superintendent McCool’s crew suffered multiple injuries including scalding to Samuel Cooper and leg loss for fireman Thomas Lawless, who cannot recover.
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Supreme Court
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New Mexico
Eay
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Vesey Steel
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Kelloggie Trowe
Inspector Accuses Captain of Faulty Navigation in Georgia Case
Calindinia, the local inspector of sam vessels, filed a report accusing Captain Howard of not using proper care and skill in navigating to Georgia on the night the ship was lost with San Francisco aboard. The testimony centers on allegations of negligence leading to the presumed disappearance.
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Georgia
Capt. Howard
San Franciso
Fire Damages Three-Story Building. Envelopes Lost
A blaze caused by a rotating department incident led to about 15 000 dollars in damage, mostly to the upper three stories. The fire was nearly extinguished by ten o'clock with stamps and envelopes valued at 15 000 dollars lost.
Atlanta Brings Ice to City After Twenty Years
Thousands of pounds of ice are cut and packed in Atlanta marking a first in decades. The unusual supply eases hardship among the city’s poor as relief efforts expand to aid those in need.
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Atlanta
Pennsylvania Legislature Opens With New Leaders
Harrisburg January 7 The Pennsylvania legislature organized today The Senate selected Thomas B Cochran as chief clerk The House elected H M Long of Allegheny County as speaker and W C Shurlock of Beaver County as chief clerk
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Thos. B. Cochran
House
H. M. Long
Allegheny County
W. C. Shurlock
Beaver County
Hartford selectmen contest ends with party switch
Judge Carpenter voided the October Hartford selectmen race by discarding the democratic first and third seats as fraudulent Little Joker ballots were found. The court appoints Republicans to those positions.
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Hartford
Carpenter
Superior Court Today
City of Mexico
Drago
Colima
Michoacan
Proposals Sought for Flour Deliveries to Cheyenne Depot
Proposals in duplicate for 120000 pounds of flour in double sacks and 40000 pounds in single sacks must be received by 11 am January 15 1879 at the Office of Depot Commissary Cheyenne W T. Flour must be best Colorado manufacture from selected wheat with specific sack weights and 100 pounds per sack. Wheat must be from this year’s crop and sweated before grinding. Samples required. Delivery to Subsistence warehouse to be completed by February 15 1879.
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NASA
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